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(RNS) An 84-year-old nun was sentenced to nearly three years in prison on Tuesday (Feb. 18) for breaking into a Tennessee nuclear facility in July 2012.
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(RNS) So here we go again. It's that time of year _ Lent, when many Christians give something up. Often it's food, although my mom told me when I was a kid that giving up vegetables doesn't count.
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WASHINGTON (RNS) Most Americans who file income tax returns won't be affected by proposed changes in how charitable contributions are deducted, but that hasn't stopped charitable groups from lobbying Congress to fight any change in deductions as part of the "fiscal cl...
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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly Program Listings for July 18, 2008

For Immediate Release

This week's edition of the PBS newsmagazine program RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY (distributed Friday, July 18 at 5 p.m., check local listings) will feature the following reports:

* Lambeth Preview - Kim Lawton provides a preview of the Anglican bishops' meeting in Canterbury and how divisions within the Communion are already affecting three very different U.S. Episcopal Church congregations.

* Police Chief with Alzheimer's - Judy Valente talks with Illinois police chief Spencer Johansen, a Catholic convert, about how his faith has helped him accept his recent diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease.

* Sweeping the Graves - Jan Lee, a third-generation Chinatown, New York resident describes the Chinese tradition of venerating family ancestors by sweeping their graves.

SPECIAL NOTE: This week on the show's "One Nation: Religion & Politics 2008 Blog" available at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/blog.html , see Kim Lawton's interview on the PBS Engage Web site blog, "Five Good Questions for . . . " where she'll share her answers to users' questions about her beat on Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.

To request a transcript of these reports, send an e-mail to schultzm@religionethics.org or go to the program Web site at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics where the transcript and streaming video of each segment will be available after 8:30 p.m. on Friday.

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